Written by a teacher and coach, this book is filled with stories and tools that enable teachers to use a coaching approach in the classroom. We can rely on the fact that living and working conditions in the world change, have always changed and will continue to change, and probably change faster, and faster. Education is the way communities have developed for preparing the next generation for their living and working lives, learning from what's been done before. The Education System is continuously looking for the best ways to get the best results for ourselves, now and in the future. Any well-functioning system uses feedback to learn from its own results. Coaching (the art of questioning) is an empowering way to learn from results in order to deal with continuous and accelerating change. Coaching moves the communication focus from "Tell" to "Ask". A coaching approach is a natural addition to a teacher's or headteachers' skillset.

Chapters

Using Positive LanguageSchool is like a Hall of Mirrors

Using Humour, not JokesKnowing when to Add the Sugar

Asking, not TellingSwimming is What You are Doing When you are Not Drowning

"I have dedicated the past seven years of my professional life to bringing a coaching approach to the education system. I think it needs it, I think it deserves it, and I think the time for it is now.

In order to do this I have sought ways of entering a school with the intention of bringing the benefits of coaching to head teachers, teachers, students, parents and in extension employers and employees. Sometimes I have been very direct and talked about coaching, sometimes I have spoken about other things, in a coach-like way. Sometimes I have succeeded, sometimes it's taken longer to see the successes.

This is the story of how the 'Coaching Approach' came into being.", Download hereMartin RichardsTel +46 (0)736 199600